Combining 2 options of RTF find method in Vb.Net

[OCR]

I want to search a whole word in reverse direction using find method of Rich Text Box in Vb.Net, which needs combining two options i.e. 1 for reverse search and another for whole word in the method. To turn on the bit corresponding to these options , according to me, needs bitwise ORing of two values corresponing to the options, but bitwise operator (|) is not working for vb.NET, but logical OR is solving my purpose. I am not able to justify the logic . Can anybody give me explnation regarding this?

 

[JohnH]

"|" is not a bitwise operator for VB.Net. "OR" may be both logical and bitwise operator depending on the expressions it must evaluate. Logical and Bitwise Operators in Visual Basic